The ARROW brief on Gender Based Violence (GBV) as a Reproductive Justice Issue: Reframing Data, Indicators and Measures, A Case from Asia Pacific, has been developed by ARROW with contributions from fellow members of the Asia Network to End GBV. The brief also draws from larger movement backed research on making the SDG data more inclusive.
The brief foregrounds the multiple and intersecting forms of violence faced by women and girls in all their diversities that is often further compounded by discrimination based on age, disability, caste, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status.
How can we reframe GBV through a reproductive justice lens?
Central to the brief is the call to reframe GBV through a reproductive justice lens, which shifts focus from individual instances of violence to systemic power dynamics and structural oppression. This approach demands inclusive data systems that go beyond the traditional data binaries and categories, thus incorporating intersectional indicators, enabling better monitoring, accountability, and redress to GBV.
The brief also highlights the importance of long-term, community-led engagement to challenge harmful gender norms, promote accountability, and ensure access to justice.
Finally, it advocates for integrated, adequately resourced, and justice-based approaches across all sectors—health, education, social protection, climate resilience, and digital safety—to meaningfully prevent, monitor, and eliminate GBV as part of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals towards Agenda 2030, of leaving no-one behind.
